Dingell needs to quit blocking anti-climate change programs

Congressman Dingell owes quite a lot to Detroit and I can appreciate his desire to do what he can to help the automakers that have kept him in Congress but the repeated attempts to block the urgent issue is not doing anyone favors. Dingell has been an active enabler for Big Auto and look what good that did for everyone. Dingell has helped block efforts to develop fuel efficiency so the US now has only two high efficiency models available compared to 103 available models in Europe. This is pathetic.

Pelosi issued a statement late Tuesday, a day after the measure tucked into a draft bill by Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., came to light. Boucher's plan drew angry opposition from environmentalists, California legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration.

"Any legislation that comes to the House floor must increase our energy independence, reduce global warming, invest in new technologies to achieve these goals and create good jobs in America," Pelosi said.

"Any proposal that affects California's landmark efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or eliminate the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions will not have my support."

Speaker Pelosi is furious with this latest move by Dingell as it would stop California and other leaders in the fight against climate change who are pressing for serious progress and not just words and delay, as we've seen from Big Auto and Dingell for decades. It's no longer the 1950's and Detroit has blown it with plenty of help by enablers and apologists, so let's get serious about this problem and scrap this latest rubbish from Dingell.